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ORCID aims to solve the name ambiguity problem in research and scholarly communications by creating a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers and an open and transparent linking mechanism between ORCID and other current researcher ID schemes. These identifiers, and the rela...tionships among them, can be linked to the researcher's output to enhance the scientific discovery process and to improve the efficiency of research funding and collaboration within the research community.Simply put, an ORCID number for an author is somewhat like a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for a journal article or a dataset: It serves as a way to uniquely distinguish one object from another - in this case, the objects are author/researcher names.The ID number can be "resolved" [i.e. matched up to a name and bio] by the ORCID Registry, a central database of all the ID numbers ever assigned. Conversely, a personal name can be searched in the Registry if a user desires to know if an author has an ORCID. If the author does have one, the ORCID Registry will provide the number back to the inquiring user.The ORCID number can be included when creative or scientific words are cited in published literature or databases. A long-term goal is that an Internet search on the ID number would infallibly retrieve all of that particular author's other works and none of anyone else's...even if another author's name happened to be exactly the same.
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OSTI has modified the E-Link processing system and Announcement Notices (AN) to allow DOE sites to include researchers' ORCIDs in their submitted records. The ORCID number will become part of the author information available to users for search and retrieval in DOE databases such as OSTI.GOV. The nu...mber will also travel with the author's name to products managed by OSTI such as Science.gov, World Wide Science.org, and the ETDEWEB.If you are a grantee, you may include your ORCID number as you fill out AN 241.3. The author section of the Announcement Notice asks for your last name, your first name, and your middle name or initial. Then, add your email address, your ORCID number, and your affiliation in the remaining author fields. If the ORCID number you enter is not in the correct format (0000-0000-0000-0000), the Announcement Notice will not allow you to use the "Submit" button. You will receive an error message instead so that you can re-enter the number correctly.If you are a DOE employee or contractor at a DOE site or Office, you should ensure that your ORCID number is given to the STI Manager or Technical Information Officer for your organization. He or she will put it into the site database that provides records to OSTI. That will allow your site to include your ORCID number whenever it submits to OSTI any scientific and technical information which you have authored or co-authored.For questions about ORCID numbers and how they are handled at OSTI, you may call Lorrie Johnson at 865-576-1157 or (johnsonl@osti.gov).
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Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) and the identifying number that it provides to authors. ORCID, Inc (link is external). formed in 2010 and officially launched, following beta testing with early adopters, in 2012. The Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) became an ORCID mem...ber in May of 2013.Simply put, an ORCID number for an author is somewhat like a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for a journal article or a dataset: It serves as a way to uniquely distinguish one object from another - in this case, the objects are author/researcher names.The ID number can be "resolved" [i.e. matched up to a name and bio] by the ORCID Registry, a central database of all the ID numbers ever assigned. Conversely, a personal name can be searched in the Registry if a user desires to know if an author has an ORCID. If the author does have one, the ORCID Registry will provide the number back to the inquiring user.The ORCID number can be included when creative or scientific words are cited in published literature or databases. A long-term goal is that an Internet search on the ID number would infallibly retrieve all of that particular author's other works and none of anyone else's...even if another author's name happened to be exactly the same.ORCID's mission statement says:ORCID aims to solve the name ambiguity problem in research and scholarly communications by creating a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers and an open and transparent linking mechanism between ORCID and other current researcher ID schemes. These identifiers, and the relationships among them, can be linked to the researcher's output to enhance the scientific discovery process and to improve the efficiency of research funding and collaboration within the research community.
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ORCID is the acronym for both an organization (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) and the identifying number that it provides to authors. ORCID, Inc (link is external). formed in 2010 and officially launched, following beta testing with early adopters, in 2012. The Office of Scientific and Technica...l Information (OSTI) became an ORCID member in May of 2013.
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OSTI prefers PDFs that meet one of the PDF/A compliance standards. PDF compliance helps ensure the PDF will be readable well into the future. Many recent PDF generating software packages have options for making PDF/A compliant files. PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-2a, and PDF/A-3a achieve two of OSTI's goals of... preservation and accessibility. Generally, a PDF/A-1a PDF has the following attributes:All fonts used must be embedded. OSTI has experienced problems with some PDFs using exotic fonts not available on average equipment viewing the PDF.The PDF should use device independent color.The PDF should contain a minimum set of XMP metadata (handled by the PDF generating software).Document hierarchy should be included.The PDF should be tagged.The PDF should use Unicode character maps.The language needs to be specified for the entire document, each page, or each text object.The PDF cannot be encrypted.The PDF should not use LZW compression.The PDF should not have embedded files (for PDF/A-1a only).The PDF should not have external content references.The PDF should not have multimedia content.The PDF should not use JavaScript.There should be no transparency (for PDF/A-1a only).PDF/A-1a compliance requires more tags than other PDF compliance standards, when compared to PDF/A-1b, which is less strict, and PDF/A-2 and 3, which allow for more flexibility. However, meeting any of the PDF/A requirements alone is not enough to concur with OSTI's PDF best practices.
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References and Key ExcerptsDOE O 483.1B, DOE Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (link is external)DOE M 471.3-1, DOE Manual on Identifying and Protecting OUO Information (link is external)DOE O 241.1B, Scientific and Technical Information Management (link is external), includes the foll...owing statement in the Contractor Requirements Document, Attachment 1, ...Such STI products include STI funded by DOE, resulting from work performed at a DOE facility, or developed under Work for Others (unless specifically excluded in the agreement under which the work is done) or Cooperative Research and Development Agreements....Office of Inspector General Audit Report: DOE-OIG-18-22 (link is external)Guidance for Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) Final Reports Memorandum (July 24, 2020) (PDF 210.26 KB)DOE O 483.1A includes references to scientific and technical information (STI) produced as a result of a CRADA:Article X: REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS, includes the statement that the Parties agree to produce the following deliverables to DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI):...a final report, upon completion or termination of the CRADA...General Guidance:...The CRADA must include a provision setting forth the required deliverables...Where the participant and/or the contractor identifies that such reports contain Protected CRADA Information, the reports will be properly marked with a restrictive legend identifying the agreed-to period of withholding from public disclosure...Such reports shall be furnished to OSTI for Departmental use only and be withholdable for the stated withholding period as materials exempt from Subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 5, United States Code. The contractor must ensure that adequate deliverables are provided to OSTI to ensure that the results of DOE-approved CRADAs are made known to other DOE contractors for DOE program needs. Additional information on providing information to OSTI is available at STIP.Submission to OSTIProtected Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) information is information produced in the performance of a CRADA that is marked as being Protected CRADA Information by a party to the agreement and that would have been proprietary information had it been obtained from a non-Federal entity. Protected CRADA information may be protected for a period up to 5 years from the date it was produced except as expressly provided for in the CRADA.Products that contain information that is protectable under the terms of a CRADA should clearly display a Protected CRADA Information Restrictive Legend noted below to prevent disclosure of such informationPROTECTED CRADA INFORMATIONThis product contains Protected CRADA Information, which was produced on [DATE: mm/dd/yy] under CRADA No. [XX-XXXX] and is not to be further disclosed for a period of five (5) years from the date it was produced except as expressly provided for in the CRADA.Sites should submit final CRADA reports to DOE's central coordinating organization for STI, OSTI, by utilizing the corporate E-Link (link is external) system.In E-Link, 'Intellectual Property/Distribution Limitations' is a required metadata field. For CRADA reports, under the heading for 'Official Use Only - Limitations/Controlled Unclassified Information', E-link users should select: Protected Data. When Protected Data is selected, you must also select CRADA and specify the release date which must be no more than five years.Proprietary data or Protected CRADA data should not be included in any abstract submitted and the abstract should be suitable for publication.CRADA Reports Five Years Past Publication (i.e., Release Date)Currently, reports submitted to OSTI which have passed the five-year withholding date are not automatically made publicly available. Submitting sites vary on the use of markings for Protected CRADA information and in some instances reports, especially older CRADA reports, may include markings which are not appropriate for a publicly available copy of the report. In addition, other access limitations may be applicable at the time of release. Therefore, prior to public availability, sites should:Ensure no other access limitations apply to the report (e.g., Export Controlled Information, etc.) by following their established procedures and coordinating with site POCs as necessary before releasing, andUpon determination that no other access limitations apply and the report may be publicly released, review for any Official Use Only (OUO) or other markings which require updating (i.e., removal or strike through) prior to public dissemination.If the report does include markings, the DOE Manual on Identify and Protecting OUO Information (DOE M 471.3-1) includes guidance and states: Remove OUO markings from a document when it no longer warrants such protection. OUO markings applied based on guidance issued by DOE may be removed when the guidance used to make the determination states that the information is no longer OUO. Reference DOE M 471.3-1 for complete information.In order for a Protected CRADA report to be made publicly available, sites have the responsibility to review and update the E-Link (link is external) system by changing the Access Limitation indicated for the individual report.To facilitate release of CRADA reports which have passed the five-year withholding period and which have been reviewed as stated above, sites may contact OSTI and identity in writing reports which they authorize be released. Based on this authorization, OSTI will update E-Link information to enable public access.Additional InformationSites are encouraged to use a standard report numbering system for consistency and uniquely identify reports resulting from a CRADA, utilizing the CRADA number as appropriate.Sites are responsible for ensuring that reports include the proper markings and for also ensuring that reports are properly re-marked as necessary.Inclusion of CRADA information in DOE's STI web productsOnce submitted through E-Link, information submitted to OSTI is managed in accordance with the access limitation applied to it by the submitting organization, a required field for submission.Therefore, final CRADA reports which are submitted as Protected CRADA Information do not appear in the publicly accessible STI products such as OSTI.GOV. Access to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), such as Protected CRADA Information, is provided on an approved, need-to-know basis for DOE and DOE Contractors through Science Research Connection (link is external) (SRC).In the case of CRADA reports, users with an approved SRC username and password may search on the metadata/citation information but are not able to automatically access the Protected CRADA report. Rather, they would be prompted to request the individual report and any requests for reports containing Protected CRADA Information are coordinated on a case-by-case basis with the submitting site for approval of the requestor.Additional questions may be submitted to stip@osti.gov.
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The AN 241.5 provides OSTI with information required to appropriately identify, process, and/or announce, and disseminate the scientific and technical information (STI) results of classified or unclassified controlled nuclear information (UCNI) work funded by DOE/NNSA or performed in DOE/NNSA facili...ties. Classified and UCNI STI products are submitted securely by originating sites via the Classified E-Link product on the Enterprise Secure Network (ESN). Use the AN 241.5 Fillable Form (PDF 135.50 KB) file and AN 241.5 Instructions as references for submitting classified and UCNI STI to OSTI. The online version of AN 241.5 and detailed help are available to authorized users of the Classified E-Link product on ESN.For more information regarding classified and UCNI STI submissions, contact OSTI's Classification Officer, David Gottholm, at (865) 576-2623 or gottholmd@osti.gov or your Classified STIP Site Liaison.
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